Concerned
with the Obama administration's alleged goal of controlling firearms
owned by American civilians coupled with Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton's support of international law, more than 125 members of the
U.S. House of Representatives took pre-emptive action on yesterday.

The
lawmakers composed an official
letter and sent it to President Barack Obama on Monday. The letter
details their strong oppositon to the United States being a signatory
of the United Nations' proposed arms trade treaty stating that they
believe it imposes restrictions on American citizens' Second Amendment
gun rights as well as U.S. sovereignty.

"While
many within the Obama White House and Democrats on Capitol Hill deny
it would impact on Americans' gun ownership rights, the fact is there
far too many U.S. judges -- including some on the U.S. Supreme Court
-- who believe in imposing international law into their court decisions
especially on matters involving the U.S. Constitution," said political
strategist and attorney Michael S. Baker.

Baker
points to Associate Justice Ruth
Ginsberg suggesting that Egyptians model their constitution after
South Africa's instead of the U.S. Constitution.

“I
would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution
in the year 2012,” Justice Ginsburg said in an interview aired
on the Arab-language broadcast network Al-Hayat TV last January.

“I
might look at the constitution of South Africa,” she
said. “That was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental
instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, had an independent
judiciary.”

"Of
course, few American news organizations covered this astounding revelation,
but that's par for the course since anyone with half-a-brain knows such
a statement would outrage a large segment of the U.S. population,"
said Baker.

This
week, a United Nations legal team is expected to put the finishing touches
on its treaty which would regulate international standards for importing
and exporting conventional firearms. Proponents claim the treaty would
bring much of the rest of the world in line with uniform standards without
affecting domestic sales, but groups representing American gun owners
remain skeptical.

"Hey,
the Obama administration kept telling Americans there were no taxes
involved in Obamacare and voila the Supreme Court declares it is a tax
after the Obama Solicitor General argued it was a tax," quipped
police lieutenant Geoffrey Mulhearn, himself an NRA member.

“The
UN's actions to date indicate that the ATT [United
Nations Arms Trade Treaty] is likely to pose significant threats
to our national security, foreign policy, and economic interests as
well as our constitutional rights,” reads the letter, which
was authored by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.).

“The
U.S. must establish firm red lines for the ATT and state unequivocally
that it will oppose the ATT if it infringes on our rights or threatens
our ability to defend our interests.”

Specifically,
the
lawmakers' letter demands that the U.N. treaty exclude small arms
and ammunition and recognize an individual right to personal self-defense.
The U.S. government already enforces laws regarding weapons sales to
foreign nations and regularly prosecutes those who fail to comply with
certain sanctions.

"We
are a sovereign nation perfectly capable of policing ourselves. We don't
need proponents of a 'New World Order' or internationalism to help us.
If anything, we're busy policing the wrong people and wrong organizations,"
said former NYPD detective Sid Franes.

Those
in favor of the treaty that small arms are responsible for most civilian
deaths in conflicts around the world, and should be covered along with
ammunition for the treaty to be of use.

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But
gun enthusiasts believe their distrust of the current White House is
warranted in light of allegations that the Fast
and Furious gun-walking scandal was part of the Obama administration's
gun control agenda.

“Any
international Arms Trade Treaty that in any way, shape or form affects
the constitutional rights of American gun owners is unacceptable,”
Chris Cox, executive
director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, said in a statement.

“International
organizations and foreign governments do not have the right to restrict
the fundamental freedoms handed down to us from our Founding Fathers,”
he added.

Concerned with the
Obama administration's alleged goal of controlling firearms owned by American
civilians coupled with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's support of
international law, more than 125 members of the U.S. House of Representatives
took pre-emptive action on yesterday.